Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Best Naturals Organic Wintergreen Essential Oil in Child-Risky Bottles Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/9o0P8BtCElw   The CPSC and Best Nutritionals now recall Best Naturals Organic Wintergreen Essential Oil.  This product contains the substance methyl salicylate which must be in child resistant packaging and these bottles are not.  About 2800 units were sold by amazon.com and Walmart. com.  Immediately store this product out of reach of children and contact Best Nutritionals at 1-877-659-6004 for information regarding the safe disposal of the product and obtaining a refund.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Best-Nutritionals-Recalls-Organic-Wintergreen-Essential-Oil-Due-to-Failure-to-Meet-Child-Resistant-Packaging-Requirements-Risk-of-Poisoning-Recall-Alert   #bestnugtritionals #wintergreenoil #childsafe #packaging #poisoning #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/SZH9-UXVbdA   The CPSC and Bed Bath & Beyond are recalling H for Happy™ Woven Bunny Baskets.  The bunny’s eyes may detach posing a choking hazard for young children.  About 960 of these baskets were sold at Bed  Bath & Beyond stores and online at bedbcathandbeyond.com.  Take these baskets away from your children and return them to any Bed Bath & Beyond store for a refund.  Reach Bed Bath at 1-800-462-3966 for more information about this recall.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Bed-Bath-Beyond-Recalls-Woven-Bunny-Baskets-Due-to-Choking-Hazard   #bedbathbeyond #bunnybasket #foreignbodies #choking #children #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/02KeFg7mVRc   The FDA and Van Law Food Products, Inc. are recalling Whole Foods Market 365 Organic Creamy Caesar Dressing.  This salad dressing contains undeclared wheat and soy allergens.  Those allergic to wheat or soy or have a gluten problem, particularly those with celiac disease may develop a severe or life-threatening allergic reaction after ingesting this caesar salad dressing.  The lot involved has a best by date of 11/17/22 and was sold in Arkansas, Connecticut, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, New York, Texas, and New Hampshire.  If you bought this product, you may return it to your Whole Foods Store with a receipt for a full refund.  For more information, call Van Law Food Products at 1-714-578-3134.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/van-law-food-products-inc-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-soy-and-wheat-product   #wholefoods #365 #caesardressing #soy #wheat #gluten #celiac #allergy #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/iQz-e628NZc   The FDA and Tova Industries, LLC are recalling Carbquik Double Chocolate Chunk Mug Cakes.  This product contains undeclared milk.  Those with a milk allergy could develop a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction after ingesting this product.  The recalled packs are lot #02212071B with a sell by date of July 26, 2022.  If you have this product and you or a family member have a milk allergy, call the company at 1-502-267-7333 to arrange a refund.  Then destroy the product.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/tova-industries-llc-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-milk-carbquik-mug-cake-double-chocolate-chunk-ou   #carbquik #chocolate #milk #allergy #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Ghlw9p02c-c   The FDA and Ferrero USA, Inc.are recalling Kinder Happy Moments Milk Chocolate and Crispy Wafers Assortments & Mix Chocolate Treats Baskets.  These products are contaminated with salmonella.  This bacterium can cause serious and life-threatening infections in the very young, elders, and in those with a suboptimal immune response.  If you purchased these products, do not consume them and sequester them from your children.  Call the Ferrero customer service line at 1-800-688-3552 to arrange a full refund.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/ferrero-voluntarily-recalls-kinderr-happy-moments-chocolate-assortment-and-kinderr-mix-chocolate   #ferraro #kinder #chocolate #salmonella #infection #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/XO7Zs_avJDM   The CPSC and Stokke now recall Clikk High Chairs.  The white plastic seats on these units may break creating a risk of fall and injury hazards to those children using them.  About 790 units were sold in the US and 48 were sold in Canada at Target, Buy Buy Baby, and other children’s stores nationwide and online at www.stokke.com and www.amazon.com.  If you bought one of these high chairs, stop using it.  Contact Stokke by phone at 1-877-978-6553 or via email at info-usa@stokke.com for a free replacement.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Stokke-Recalls-Clikk-High-Chairs-Due-to-Fall-and-Injury-Hazards   #clikk #highchair #children #seat #fall #injury #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/jtJXptWBhMw   The CPSC and Bestar are now recalling Bestar Wall Beds.  These Murphy-style beds may detach from the wall and come crashing down on those nearby leading to serious crush injuries or death.   The models involved in the recall include: the Nebula, PUR, Versatile, Edge, Cielo, Audrea, Lumina, Orion, and the Novello Full and Queen Wall Beds.  About 129,000 of these beds were sold in the US and about 53,000 were sold in Canada online at Wayfair.com, Costco.com, Cymax.com, and Amazon.com.  If you have a Bestar wall bed, contact Bestar at 1-888-912-8458 or via email at Bestar8577@stericycle.com to find out if your bed requires a repair.  Bestar will arrange for a free inspection and a reinstallation if necessary.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/Bestar-Recalls-Wall-Beds-Due-to-Serious-Impact-and-Crush-Hazards-One-Adult-Death-Reported-Recall-Alert   #bestar #wallbed #detachment #crush #injury #death #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/WLLraWCVLIY   The CPSC and the Madar Corporation are recalling biOrigins Sodium Hydroxide Product.  This product contains the caustic lye sodium hydroxide and must be sold in child-resistant packaging in order to prevent the possibility of chemical burns of the skin, eyes, and, if ingested, the mouth, throat, and gastrointestinal tract.  Thirty packages of this extremely dangerous material were sold via amazon.com.  If you have this products at home, immediately store it out of reach of children.  Contact the Madar Corporation by with a collect phone call at 1-315-537-8102 or via the email pat@madarcorporation.co.uk in order to obtain a full refund and a warning label to place on the package. I would store this material in a lockage container.   https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/biOrigins-Sodium-Hydroxide-Products-Recalled-Due-to-Failure-to-Meet-Child-Resistant-Packaging-Requirement-and-Violation-of-FHSA-Labeling-Requirement-Imported-by-Madar-Corporation-Sold-Exclusively-at-Amazo

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/V395dwF4DTs   Short Shorts are quickie reports about cutting edge medical and healthcare discoveries.  They’re worth knowing about this 2nd week of April, 2022.   CAR-T chimeric antigen receptors have proven effective immunotherapy for blood system cancers such as leukemias.  They haven’t worked as well on solid tumors.  Now a Dutch research group working with BioNTech, the developers of the Pfizer CoVid vaccine has found that CAR-T cells kill solid cancers better when they are sensitized to the protein CLDN6 that is found on the surfaces of testicular, ovarian, and endometrial cancer cells.  That sensitization can be now accomplished using mRNA.  A phase 1 trial of 14 patients with advanced cancers showed a 86% response rate.  Very promising.   https://aacr.ent.box.com/s/c5vdgvlj128qojzmuqgwuj2uz8mipqsy     There is a sweet spot for bedtime if you want to have the lowest risk of cardiovascular disease.  A UK study of over 88 thousand Brits shows that those hitting the bedsheets b

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  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/o4APXIok6vw   Short Shorts are cutting edge medical and healthcare discoveries not quite ready for the clinic.  They’re worth knowing about now during the 1st week of April, 2022.     In order to improve the chances for couples with infertility problems, a new microfluidic chip developed at Florida Atlantic University effectively separates the olympic swimmers from the duds.  The output of this FAU chip, after only 1 hour, contains almost 100% motile sperm that appear normal microscopically and have significantly lower DNA fragmentation.  These parameters of sperm health predict more successful fertilizations whether the sperm are introduced into the uterus or directly into the egg cytoplasm.   https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/AN/D1AN02311J     One in every 8 apples may be coated with a deadly fungus for which there is no treatment.  Indian researchers now report that 13% of apples harvested from crops treated with typical agricultural fungicides have the drug-

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/dWtOmzRWZHQ   Vaccinated and boosted individuals suffering an Omicron breakthrough infection generate a broad and powerful immune response not only to Omicron but also to other variants.  This from a collaborative group of German virologists including those at BioNTech, the creators of the current Pfizer CoVid vaccine.   The researchers studied blood from a biobank that included samples drawn before and after vaccination, boosting, and the occurrence of Omicron breakthrough infections.  Those patients experiencing breakthrough infections not only enjoyed formation of robust neutralizing antibodies against the unique Omicron spike antigens, but they also experienced a significant expansion of antibody-producing B lymphocytes that target the spike proteins from all previous variants as well as the original Wuhan strain.   This study suggests that the next and badly needed CoVid vaccine will be based on the Omicron subvariants since they appear to contain antigens that trigger broad

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/PgFTKpzpzdg   The survival of actively-treated very premature infants born at 22 to 23 weeks of gestation rose by a factor of 3 when you compare the recent results with those 6 years earlier.  This heartening statistic is the conclusion of a collaborative study from the 129 academic medical centers that compose the NIH Neonatal Research Network.   Led by University of Rochester neonatologists, the investigation compared the data on 1158 premies born between 2013 and 2018 with 1113 born between 2008 and 2012.  The survival rate to discharge for those born at 22 weeks increased from 7% to 30% and, for those born at 23 weeks, there was an increase from 32% to 55.8%.   This survival boost was due to sharing of best practices.  Additional improvements should come with time not only for survival but also for the elimination of neurodevelopment deficits.  The latest stats show that just over half of the infants had neurocognitive issues at their 2 year followup exams.   https://jamanetwork

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/yYmS5vid8Q4   Pregnant women who use marijuana in its various forms give birth to babies who, at nearly 5 years of age, are 8 times fatter than the offspring of non-users.  Epidemiologists at the University of Texas and the Colorado School of Public Health studied 193 mothers whom they tested for serum cannabis metabolites during their pregnancies and their offspring who underwent in-depth metabolic testing at an average of 4.7 years of age.  na The results of two separate analyses indicate that children who were cannabis-exposed during their fetal development vs those who were not had fat masses that were an average of 2.6 kg higher, fat-free masses that were 13 kg higher, adiposity levels that were 17%age points higher and BMIs that were 15.9 kg/m2 higher.  The exposed children also had fasting glucose levels that were 74.9 mg/dL higher.   The bottom line: marijuana use by pregnant women is associated with heavier children and a possibly higher risk of developing obesity and dia

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/FsMAasSuz5o   If you’re a woman worried about post-menopausal bone loss, you may just want to stock up on boxes of prunes.  Penn State nutritionists now publish a meta-analysis of clinical and laboratory studies that demonstrate and explain the bone-sparing powers of the lowly prune.   Sixteen pre-clinical studies in rodents demonstrate that prunes and the polyphenols they contain inhibit the bone-dissolving effects of osteoclasts while also demonstrating potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.  Several clinical trials show wolfing down 6 to 12 prunes a day for at least 6-12 months will halt bone absorption while increasing bone density in post-menopausal women.   More studies are underway.  Meanwhile, dried plums, aka prunes, could help prevent women and men from shrinking as they age and make fractures less likely.  One other bonus: they will keep you regular.   https://academic.oup.com/advances/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/advances/nmab162/6492076?redirectedF

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/rr4hxBeyJj0   The highly contagious OmicronBA2 subvariant that is taking over everywhere has lead to a surge of hospitalizations in Great Britain that is more than 3 times greater than that seen with the original CoVid strain, higher than that due to the British alpha CoVid variant pre-vaccine, and more than twice as high as that with Delta in the CoVid vaccine era.  This from England’s National Health Service.   The OmicronBA2 subvariant is the most contagious form of CoVid that we have seen to date.  While the Omicron variant rapidly supplanted Delta toward the end of 2021, the Omicron subvariants BA.1 and now BA.2 have spread even faster.   This is all by way of warning that OmicronBA2 is now taking over in the US.  It is accounting for 72% of cases currently.  The levels of Omicron BA2 recovered from wastewater in the Northeast just hit a 6 week high and are also rising in the South.     A slew of government officials have now tested positive for CoVid including Speaker Nancy

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/6vv46n7lbPg   Those who wear eyeglasses have a 15% lower odds of becoming infected with CoVid.  This from a study by infectious disease researchers at University College London that surveyed some 19,166 persons between June, 2020 and February, 2022.  A few more than 71% regularly wore corrective lenses.  Information regarding CoVid infection was assembled from national databases and study-associated testing.   Of the study group, CoVid infections occurred in 22.99% of those who never wore eyeglasses but in only 15.63% of those who did wear them consistently.  There was no protection from CoVid in those who only wore glasses sometimes or in those who wore contact lenses.  By the way, those eyeglass wearers who stated that they tended not to wear masks since their glasses fogged when they did suffered a reduced protective effect.   The study emphasizes that your eyes are a significant portal for CoVid entry into your body in two ways.  The virus can directly infect ocular tissues bu

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/ZAX16cgT4Mg   The FDA and Liberty Fruit Co. Inc. have recalled Carol’s Cuts Fruit Trays Containing Cantaloupe.  These fruit trays are contaminated with salmonella.  This bacterium causes serious and life-threatening infections particularly in the very young, elders, and in those with impair immunity.  These products were sold in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska.  If you bought this product, do not consume the fruit but return it to the place of purchase for a refund.  Additional information about this recall is available from Liberty by calling 1-913-281-5200 .   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/liberty-fruit-company-inc-recalls-processed-cantaloupe-possible-health-risk   #CarolsCuts #fruittrays #cantalope #salmonella #infection #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/rUAAdx9JP3g   The FDA and Skippy Foods, LLC now recall Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy and Chunky Peanut Butters.   Some jars may contain a small fragment of stainless steel from a piece of processing equipment.   These foreign bodies, if ingested, could create lacerations and perforations of the mouth, throat, and gastrointestinal tract linings.  If you have these products, return them to the place of purchase for a refund.  For more information, contact Skippy Foods at 1-866-475-4779.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/voluntary-class-ii-recall-announced-limited-number-jars-skippyr-reduced-fat-creamy-peanut-butter   #skippy #peanutbutter #smooth #chunky #foreignbodies #lacerations #recall  

  Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/5t1OJUYn3F4   The FDA and Unilevel US are recalling Suave Aerosol Antiperspirants, both Fresh and Powder.  These products have propellants contaminated with elevated levels of benzene.  Benzene is known to be a human carcinogen.  This product line was discontinued in October 2021, but consumers have still have product on their shelves.  If you do, discontinue use of these products and contact Unilevel US by phone at 1-866-204-9756 to receive a refund.   https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/unilever-issues-voluntary-nationwide-recall-suave-24-hour-protection-aerosol-antiperspirant-powder   #suave #antiperspirant #benzene #cancer #recall